Trump’s message to Justice Department: This is war
The nomination of Matt Gaetz as attorney-general is a truly explosive choice that may yet blow up in Trump’s face.
The nomination of Matt Gaetz as attorney-general is a truly explosive choice that may yet blow up in Trump’s face.
Ranging from the unlikely to experimental, Donald Trump’s choices for his new-look team to run the US for the next four years all share one thing.
If senator Marco Rubio is appointed as US secretary of state, Australia will have a staunch ally on China.
Trump won a thumping victory by stealing America’s working class from under the noses of the Democrats, the supposed party of the worker. The Democrats are now the party of educated urban elites with the luxury of prioritising identity politics.
Congressional Republicans are salivating at the prospect of taking control of both chambers of congress, which would give Donald Trump largely untrammelled power to implement his agenda.
The reality of a second Trump presidency is likely to be more mainstream than madness. For one thing, being in the White House is a powerful brake on policy extremism.
Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to ‘get along’ and establish a ‘stable, healthy’ relationship between Beijing and Washington in a message to US President-elect Donald Trump.
Donald Trump delivered a crushing victory over Kamala Harris, handing him a second term in one of the greatest political comebacks in history.
This election victory wasn’t built on just one moment, and the only person who seemed to know Donald Trump’s path back to the White House was Donald Trump.
When the dust settles from this election loss, it is Joe Biden, not his replacement Kamala Harris, who should bear the most blame.
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